IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747: GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT

UNCLAS BERLIN 001086 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE FOR ISN/CATR AND EUR/AGS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR GM SUBJECT: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747: GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT ADVOCATING A BROAD DEFINITION OF "ARMS AND RELATED MATERIEL" REF: STATE 67462 ¶1. (SBU) Global Affairs officer discussed May 24 reftel with Christof Pollmeier, deputy office director of the German MFA's Arms Export Control Division. Pollmeier said the German Government fully complies with UNSCR 1747 and the EU Regulations enacted to ensure that all EU member states implement the resolution. Pollmeier said the German Government prohibits the sale of all arms and military equipment to Iran, even though the German Government has not necessarily adopted the Wassenaar Arrangement Munitions List as its guideline to define "arms and related materiel." The German Government requires that all German exporters apply for licenses to export any arms or military-related goods to Iran, and then the government denies the licenses in these cases, according to Pollmeier. He noted that, thanks to the government's outreach efforts, German firms know not to export arms to Iran without applying for a license first, although the possibility exists for some firms to try to circumvent the export controls. Nevertheless, the German Government remains vigilant to prevent the export of any kind of arms and related materiel to Iran, Pollmeier said. ¶2. (SBU) Concerning Germany's report to the UN on implementing UNSCR 1747, due May 24, Pollmeier said the German Government was still working on it but was close to finalizing it. ¶3. (U) Post will report any other substantive German response septel. TIMKEN JR